Welcome to the October edition of our Newsletter
Since our last newsletter, we’ve had the glorious experience of the most successful Culture Night yet, with over 1,700 events presented in every part of the island. This represents a real act of generosity on behalf of the arts community who, in parallel with your usual programme of events, bring considerable energy and attention to bear on presenting events with particular appeal and intrigue for the public. The sense of joy and connection present at the events was inspiring and the timing in the lead up to the budget this year showed our national legislators that the impact of culture is powerfully abundant and deeply felt.
Two other events are deserving of mention here.
In recent weeks, Minister Catherine Martin launched the Safe to Create programme, which will be delivered by Irish Theatre Institute, working in partnership with Screen Ireland, Minding Creative Minds and ourselves here at the Arts Council. This marks a major step forward in ensuring a better future for the artistic community, where safe and respectful work environments are prioritized and normalised. We look forward very much to playing our part in making this a reality.
The launch of our new dance policy, Advancing Dance, was held against the backdrop of Dublin Theatre Festival which this year showcased a number of world class dance shows.
The vision underpinning the policy is for an Ireland where dance is recognised as an integral part of our cultural life. We will pilot a scheme called Advanced Dance Training that will remove financial barriers for young people to access high-level, pre-professional training across the country. And in a bold and exciting move, we will begin research and development to lead to the creation of a full-time Island-wide dance company with international reach. We look forward to working with colleagues in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in achieving this ambition.
We would like to say a huge thanks to the dance community for all their support in shaping this new policy. We now have an opportunity to ensure future generations can practice and enjoy this brilliant artform at its fullest strength. And that’s a very exciting prospect indeed!
Maureen Kennelly
Director
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The Arts Council launches its new Dance Policy
On Thursday the 6th October the Arts Council launched Advancing Dance, the new Arts Council Dance Policy.
The policy seeks to create a network of supports and opportunities that allows dance artists to have life-long sustainable careers whilst contributing to their communities and cultural ecology. It sets out to prioritise fostering excellence in dance by supporting cutting-edge and widely celebrated performances by companies and individual artists. The actions laid out in this policy are underpinned by additional investment in dance and include research and development to lead to the creation of a full-time island-wide dance company with international reach. And development for Centres for Advanced Training to create pathways to professional practice for a diversity of talented young dancers. It aims to create opportunities for audiences to engage with and participate in dance across a wide range of genres and contexts.
The policy is available on our website or from the Dance team directly.
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Second Call for Proposals - MusicAIRE
MusicAIRE aims to assist the recovery of the music sector by designing and testing a support scheme that can meet the challenges posed by the pandemic while fostering the sustainability of the ecosystem. The action, supported by the Creative Europe Programme, intends to develop further the Music Moves Europe initiative and contributes to green, digital, and just and resilient recovery.
The projects to be funded under MusicAIRE will need to provide strategies, methodologies, and actions for the music sector to address the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis in at least one of the following thematic fields: green, digital, and just and resilient recovery.
The call is open to organisations established in one of the 27 EU Member States or non-EU countries that participate in the Creative Europe Programme.
Further details can be found here – deadline is 26 October 2022.
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Film Artist in Residence at UCC in 2023 - Call for applications
The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from film artists of distinction for the role of Film Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2023.
The Film Artist in Residence, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is designed to provide a film artist with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students of film and screen media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.
The Film Artist in Residence will be engaged for the calendar year 2023 and will be situated in the Department of Film and Screen Media at UCC.
Further details can be found on the Arts Council website here.
Note, applications should be sent to filmartist@ucc.ie by 5.30 pm on 13 October 2022. Applications will be accepted by email only. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.
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Arts and Disability Connect deadline reminder
The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support individual artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in Ireland.
It offers artists an opportunity to; make a change in their practice; ‘step up’ in terms of scope and scale; engage in new learning experiences; develop new working relationships; buy time to research and develop work; to make and present new work to audiences.
Artists can apply for 4 different awards: New Work €15,000, Research and Development €5,000, Mentoring €3,000 and Training €1,000.
Deadline is Tuesday 1 November, 2022 at 4pm.
Application forms, guidelines, Easy Read guide, FAQ’s for round two 2022 can be downloaded from our website: www.adiarts.ie/connect.
Recordings of previous information sessions about the scheme are all available at www.adiarts.ie/connect
Come Ask Questions: Information sessions
Join the ADI team and ask any questions you have about making an application to the Arts and Disability Connect scheme.
Tuesday 11th October 12-1pm.
ISL and speech to text will be available.
Click here to register for Come Ask Questions
Applicant support
Artists and people supporting them to apply can book in applicant support up until Thursday 27 October. This is for up to 30 minutes of support either on the phone, Zoom or by email. During this time we could review a draft application and give feedback. Bookings will be available from 27 September for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Click here to book applicant support
The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is funded by The Arts Council and managed by Arts & Disability Ireland.
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Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC
The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from traditional artists of distinction for the role of Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2023.
The Traditional Artist in Residence, based in the Department of Music in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences, is designed to provide a traditional artist (traditional musician, singer, dancer, story-teller or practitioner of the oral arts such as agallamh beirte and lúibíní) with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students of music the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.
About the residency
The Traditional Artist in Residence will be engaged for the calendar year 2023 and will be situated in the Department of Music at UCC.
The residency will have two parts:
From January to June 2023, the Traditional Artist in Residence will be supported to engage with students and staff. This programme of engagement will be designed by the Traditional Artist in Residence, in consultation with the faculty of the university, and could include focused postgraduate teaching, workshops, mentoring, public events or other activities which bring new and unique energy to the traditional music programme. Contact time with students and staff during this time will be capped at four hours per week, and the Traditional Artist in Residence will not be expected to deliver core curriculum.
From July to December 2023, the Traditional Artist in Residence will be supported to concentrate wholly on their own practice.
The fee to the Traditional Artist in Residence is €30,000, with the Arts Council contributing €20,000 and the university €10,000. UCC will provide the Traditional Artist in Residence with a dedicated space, where they can conduct their own creative practice, within the university. UCC will also support the residency administratively. The fee will be paid in two instalments directly by the Arts Council, with a final report to be submitted by the Traditional Artist in Residence at the conclusion of the residency.
Making an Application
To make an application, artists should adhere to the following:
• Be a professional practising artist. Although they might not earn income continuously or exclusively from their arts practice, applicants must identify themselves, and be recognised by their peers, as professional practising artists.
• In line with the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty, the Arts Council and UCC are committed to ensuring that they take positive policy measures to promote equality of opportunity for all those living in Ireland, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller Community. Furthermore, we note the ground of socioeconomic background as a further basis for which equality of opportunity must be guaranteed. We therefore welcome applications that are representative of the diversity of Irish society, including but not limited to any of the characteristics outlined above.
To make an application, artists must provide:
• A detailed proposal. This should outline the applicant’s vision for the role and a proposed approach for engaging with students, staff and the wider university. Relevant experience to support the proposal should be referenced.
• A one page artist’s statement, describing how the residency could impact on the development of the artist’s practice in the traditional arts.
• A detailed CV.
Applications should be sent to JTalty@ucc.ie by 5.30 pm on Thursday, 17 November 2022. Applications will be accepted by email only. Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Assessment Process
Upon receipt of applications, the Arts Council and UCC will establish a selection committee, comprising representatives from UCC, one from the Arts Council and an external panellist with traditional arts expertise. The selection committee will shortlist applicants based on the following criteria:
• artistic track record (in the traditional arts) of the applicant .
• quality of idea/approach (referred to above), as outlined in the application
• potential impact of residency on the traditional artist’s own creative practice
A shortlist will be established (of no more than six applicants). Shortlisted applicants will be called to interview in late-November/December. The interview may be held via video conference call. It will allow the shortlisted applicants to discuss their vision, proposal and experience in more detail. The panel will make the final decision based on the above criteria.
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Co-funding Award 2022 - Creative Europe Co-operation Projects and European Platforms
The Co-funding Award 2022 Creative Europe Co-operation Projects and European Platforms application window opens on Tuesday, 1 November 2022, with the deadline on Thursday, 8 December 2022.
The primary purpose of the award is to enable Irish organisations that have secured funding for artistic activities under the Co-operation Projects and European Platforms strand of the Creative Europe Culture Sub-Programme 2021–2027 to apply for co-funding. Funding will be considered to support those elements of Irish arts activities that align with the objectives and priorities of this award.
This award is only open to Irish arts organisations that have received an offer of funding, either as Lead Co-ordinator or Partner, under the Co-operation Projects and European Platforms strand of the Creative Europe Culture Sub-Programme in 2022. Applications for a Co-funding Award must be made in the same calendar year in which an offer of funding is received from the EACEA.
Details of the application process are published on the Arts Council website on the available funding section. Please note: Applications will only be accepted through the Arts Council’s online services website. It is recommended that new applicants allow five working days for registration prior to making an application.
An information webinar for applicants will be held on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 11 am on Zoom. Applicants may register by emailing evelyn.okeeffe@artscouncil.ie
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Digital arts research residency on public spaces
Galway Culture Company will launch in October 2022 and has developed Cybernate - a Digital Arts Research Residency in Public Space - in partnership with Pôle PIXEL, HACNUM Network, CREW, the French Embassy in Ireland and ATU and funded by The Arts Council.
The residency is produced by Culture Works.
The residency is funded by the Arts Council’s International Residency Programme - a pilot initiative by the Arts Council.
Deadline: 14 October 2022.
Further details are available from: https://cybernate.ie/opportunities/cybernate
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